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Border Patrol Agent Killed in Arizona

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The agents were shot…

Maldivian Ruling Party MP Assassinated in Capital

An unidentified attacker stabbed and killed a Maldivian ruling party legislator Tuesday in the first assassination of a lawmaker in the Indian Ocean archipelago, police said. Afrasheem Ali, 46, a…

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Cameraman Seeks Asylum in U.S., NYC Lawyer Says

A lawyer for a cameraman who was accompanying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly in New York says his client has defected. Paul O’Dwyer, a New York…

Hugo Chavez Says He’d Vote for Obama

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has weighed in on the U.S. presidential race, saying he prefers President Barack Obama. Chavez also said in a televised interview that aired Sunday that he’d…

50 Sent to Hospital After School Bus Crash

Dozens of schoolchildren in Louisville, Kentucky, were taken to hospitals after the bus they were riding in collided with a car and rolled on its side, officials said. Fifty people…

Minneapolis Police: Office Shooter was Ex-Employee

Police say the gunman who killed four people inside a Minneapolis sign company had been fired hours before the attack. Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan told a Friday afternoon news…

Plane Crashes in Nepal Capital

Police in Nepal say a plane heading for the Everest region has crashed in the capital, with all 19 people on board believed dead. The plane, operated by Sita Air,…

Palestinians Say Two-State Solution in Jeopardy

The Palestinian finance minister is warning that the two-state solution is in jeopardy if the Palestinian Authority doesn’t get a major infusion of cash to alleviate its severe fiscal crisis.…